Inquiry Shone a Light on but More Improvements Wheelchair Service Needed to Cut Wait; Last Week the National Assembly for Wales Published a Report Following a One Day Inquiry into Wheelchair Services. Here, Joseph Carter from the MS Society Cymru Discusses the Implications of the Findings and Outlines What Needs to Be Done Next

THE publishing of a report into wheelchair waiting times last week by the Assembly's Health and Social Care Committee marks the end in the latest chapter of the ongoing saga that is the wheelchair service in Wales.

The report accepted that a lot of progress had been done but highlighted concerns about inadequate communication with service users and the large difference in waiting lists between North and South Wales.

This is the second time an Assembly committee has looked at the issue of wheelchairs in two years, whilst the Welsh Government has been reviewing the service since 2008. With this inquiry now complete the key question is will anything change? We welcome the short inquiry into wheelchair waiting lists in Wales and think that the investigations undertaken by the Health and Social Care Committee have shone a light on to the wheelchair service and led to improvements.

At present all the indications are that things have started to improve …

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Publication information: Article title: Inquiry Shone a Light on but More Improvements Wheelchair Service Needed to Cut Wait; Last Week the National Assembly for Wales Published a Report Following a One Day Inquiry into Wheelchair Services. Here, Joseph Carter from the MS Society Cymru Discusses the Implications of the Findings and Outlines What Needs to Be Done Next. Contributors: Not available. Newspaper title: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales). Publication date: August 20, 2012. Page number: 24. © 2009 MGN Ltd. COPYRIGHT 2012 Gale Group.

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